Preparation of stereodefined homoallylic amines from the reductive cross-coupling of allylic alcohols with imines

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8048-8059

  Chen, Ming Z ^a   McLaughlin, Martin ^a   Takahashi, Masayuki ^a   Tarselli, Michael A ^a   Yang, Dexi ^a   Umemura, Shuhei ^a   Micalizio, Glenn C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKOXIDES; ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; ALLYLIC TRANSPOSITION; AROMATIC IMINES; ARYL HALIDES; ASYMMETRIC COUPLING; C-C BOND FORMING; CARBOMETALATION; COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; COUPLING PROCESS; COUPLING REACTION; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DIASTEREOSELECTION; DIVERSE RANGE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EN-ROUTE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE COUPLING; HETEROCYCLES; HOMOALLYLIC AMINES; HOMOALLYLIC POSITIONS; ORGANOMETALLIC REAGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC TRANSFORMATION; THIOETHERS; TRANSITION STATE GEOMETRY; TRIFLUOROMETHYL GROUP; TRISUBSTITUTED ALKENES;

AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ALCOHOL; ALKENE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMINE; HALIDE; IMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SILANE; SULFIDE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ALKENES; AMINES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROPANOLS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78650278356     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo101535d     Document Type: Article

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